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... an o : chard when he was a boy ; but however this be , it is certain , that except a church or chapter leafe y hich was not renewed , Thomas never poffeffed more * than 1 Sketch . than one hundred pounds a , year ; 2 AN ACCOUNT OF THE.
... an o : chard when he was a boy ; but however this be , it is certain , that except a church or chapter leafe y hich was not renewed , Thomas never poffeffed more * than 1 Sketch . than one hundred pounds a , year ; 2 AN ACCOUNT OF THE.
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The zeal and activity of this gentleman for the royal cause exposed him to much danger and many fufferings ; he was plundered more than thirty times by the parliament's army , he was ejected from his church livings , his eftate was ...
The zeal and activity of this gentleman for the royal cause exposed him to much danger and many fufferings ; he was plundered more than thirty times by the parliament's army , he was ejected from his church livings , his eftate was ...
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Swift appears to have fixed his D. S. 108. mind very early upon an ecclefiaftical life , and it is therefore probable that upon declining this offer he obtained a promife of preferment in the church , for in a letter to his uncle ...
Swift appears to have fixed his D. S. 108. mind very early upon an ecclefiaftical life , and it is therefore probable that upon declining this offer he obtained a promife of preferment in the church , for in a letter to his uncle ...
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This offer however Swift did not accept , but replied that fince he had now an opportunity and note . of living without being driven into the church for fupport , a fcruple which had hitherto kept him out of it , he was ...
This offer however Swift did not accept , but replied that fince he had now an opportunity and note . of living without being driven into the church for fupport , a fcruple which had hitherto kept him out of it , he was ...
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... of his dues which had been long before customarily paid for much less fervice . The duties of the church which he thus rendered more frequent , he performed with the utmost punc tuality and the most rational devotion ; he was indeed ...
... of his dues which had been long before customarily paid for much less fervice . The duties of the church which he thus rendered more frequent , he performed with the utmost punc tuality and the most rational devotion ; he was indeed ...
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